Signal Village National High School
Senior High School
LONG TEST
Specialized Subject: Creative Writing
Name: ________________________________ Gr & Sec: _________________ Date: ______________
I. Write CW if the statement is a characteristic of Creative Writing and AW if the statement is for Academic Writing. Write the
answer on the blanks provided.
__________ 1. Writing can be entirely fictional, requiring minimal factual evidence or support.
__________ 2. Writing is a little more standardized.
__________ 3. The sources should be properly cited both in text and in a works cited page.
__________ 4. The writer needs to prove to the reader that what is being said is factual and correct.
__________ 5. One can tell a story, summarize their experiences, or express their opinions, ideas, or emotions.
__________ 6. There are far less rules since it is personal and creative.
__________ 7. It has so many genres and sub-genres that they deserve a whole section of an article for themselves.
__________ 8. It is not written to entertain the readers.
__________ 9.It is written to entertain and educate.
__________ 10. It needs to be structured and executed adhering to a series of guidelines.
II. Identify the term being referred to in each statements. Write the letter only.
A. BLOG B. FORESHADOWING C. DICTION D. LITERARY DEVICE E. FIGURES OF SPEECH F. IRONY G. MOTIF H.LITERARY TECHNIQUE
I.HYPERPOETRY J. IMAGE
__________ 11. It is a deliberate constructions, or choices of language that an author uses to convey meaning in particular way. An
author’s use of a literary technique usually occurs with a single word or phrase, or a particular group of words or phrases, at one single
point in a text.
_________ 12. A website containing short articles called posts that are changed regularly. Some are written by one person expressing
his/her own opinions, interest, and experiences, while others are written by many different people.
_________ 13. The selection of words in a literary work.
_________ 14. A form of digital poetry that uses links using hypertext mark-up. It is a very visual form, and is related to hypertext fiction
and visual arts.
_________ 15. A recurring object, concept, or structure in a work of literature.
_________ 16. The presentation of details, characters, or incidents in a narrative in such a way that later events are prepared for (or
"shadowed forth").
_________ 17. It is the contrast between what happens and what was expected (or what would seem appropriate).
_________ 18. A concrete representation of a sense impression, a feeling, or an idea.
_________ 19. A literary or linguistic technique that produces a specific effect, esp. a figure of speech, narrative style, or plot mechanism.
_________ 20. Also known as figurative language, it creates figures (pictures) in the mind of the reader or listener. These pictures help
convey the meaning and more vividly than words alone.
III. Read the following short poem. Then, analyze and identify the different elements of poetry used. (21-30)
IV. Identify the Elements and Forms of Fiction. Write only the letter.
_______ 31. It is called short-short. It is a type of fiction mainly regarded to contain a limited amount of words that runs from 250 to
1,000.
A. Flash Fiction B. Short Stories C. Novella D. Novels
_______ 32. It can be considered as the story that plays somewhere between a short story and a novel. It commonly comprises around 50
to 100 pages.
A. Flash Fiction B. Short Stories C. Novella D. Novels
_______ 33. These are written works usually run from 2,000 to 6,000 words and is about 8 to 24 pages.
A. Flash Fiction B. Short Stories C. Novella D. Novels
_______ 34. It don’t need limits regarding length. Some may have trilogies and tetralogies.
A. Flash Fiction B. Short Stories C. Novella D. Novels
_______ 35. It is usually set to provide a certain feel or mood to the place, the time and social environment where the story is evolving.
A. Setting B. Characters C. Point of View D. Plot
_______ 36. It is a series of events arranged in a certain sequence to achieve a meaningful and organized frame of thought.
A. Setting B. Characters C. Point of View D. Plot
_______ 37. It is the lens that the author provides its readers so that they will see the story in a particular view or angle.
A. Setting B. Characters C. Point of View D. Plot
_______ 38. They give life to a story for they are the ones who engage in various actions, situations and circumstances.
A. Setting B. Characters C. Point of View D. Plot
_______ 39. It is the attitude, personality and style the authors brings to the story.
A. Voice B. Style C. Point of View D. Plot
_______ 40. It is how you say what you say. It is the way words take on an identity on the page.
A. Voice B. Style C. Point of View D. Plot
V. Choose from the following writing prompt to make a “FLASH FICTION”. (41-50)
1. A young ballet dancer chooses not to tell the other dancers in her troop about a loose paving stone outside their dance studio.
2. Two sisters realize they’ve both been on a perfect first date … with the same man.
3. On the car journey home, two parents realize they’ve left their child’s favorite teddy on a park bench several hours away.
4. A writer suffering from writers’ block looks for inspiration in a strange place.
5. Set 200 years in the future, a young man realizes he’s too emotionally dependent on his robot assistant.
Key to Corrections
1. CW
2. AW
3. AW
4. AW
5. CW
6. CW
7. CW
8. AW
9. CW
10. AW
11. A
12. B
13. C
14. D
15. D
16. C
17. B
18. A
19. D
20. A
21. LITERARY TECHNIQUE
22. BLOG
23. DICTION
24. HYPERPOETRY
25. MOTIF
26. FORESHADOWING
27. IRONY
28. IMAGE
29. LITERARY DEVICE
30. FIGURES OF SPEECH
